MUTTER in a Sentence

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218 example sentences for MUTTER, such as:

1. She kept on muttering to herself.
2. The new soldier muttered about the food.
3. The men were disheartened and began to mutter.
4. He was in a right tizzy, muttering and swearing.
5. Actors often mutter to themselves when rehearsing their lines.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUTTER
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mutter
 v.  talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
 n.  a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
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1  Sometimes when her curt orders made Pork stick out his under lip and Mammy mutter: "Some folks rides mighty high dese days," she wondered where her good manners had gone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  He had never done more than mutter at me as I passed him, and I was surprised when he now addressed me.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
3  And Jurgis started to mutter some reply; but at the same instant the man raised his light, which flashed in his face, so that it was possible to recognize him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
4  The men were disheartened and began to mutter.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  And the youthful lieutenant, recollecting himself, began to mutter softly in black curses.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
6  The thunder had ceased outside, but the rain which had abated, suddenly came striking down, with a last blench of lightning and mutter of departing storm.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
7  His mind was evidently wandering to his old life, for he continued to mutter, without appearing conscious of their presence otherwise than as a part of his vision.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
8  It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
9  Peppino nodded, and taking a rosary from his pocket began to mutter a few prayers while the clerk disappeared through the same door by which Danglars and the attendant had gone out.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 114. Peppino.
10  He was lying on his back with closed eyes, and I withdrew quietly, but I heard him mutter, 'Live rightly, die, die.'
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
11  He stood before Bagration with his lower jaw trembling and was hardly able to mutter: "I don't know."
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXI
12  Hurrying hands grasp at arms; for arms their young men clamour; the fathers shed tears and mutter gloomily.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
13  If Sid really managed to make anything out of Tom's disjointed mutterings, he kept it to himself.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
14  The blackness of darkness reigned, the perfect stillness was interrupted only by occasional mutterings of distant thunder.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
15  His father's whistle, his mother's mutterings, the screech of an unseen maniac were to him now so many voices offending and threatening to humble the pride of his youth.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks.
2  Actors often mutter to themselves when rehearsing their lines.
3  Before she could announce me, I retrieved the coat, muttered a few feeble excuses, and ran.
4  The new soldier muttered about the food.
5  She kept on muttering to herself.
6  He came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came.
7  He was muttering on the telephone so I asked him to speak more clearly.
8  He was in a right tizzy, muttering and swearing.